File case or cabinet.



E. G. MINDER.

FILE CASE 0R CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED 00124, 1907.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

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FILE CASE QB CABINET.

Specification of Letters'Patent.

Patented \Tan. 12, 1909.

Application filed October 24, 1907. Serial No. 398,953.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL G. MINDER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bisbee, in the county of Cochise and Territory of Arizona,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in File Cases orCabinets, of which the following is a specification.

While my invention is designed more particularly for the purpose offiling blue prints, tracings, drawings, and maps in an engineeringoffice, it will be understood that it is eq ially applicable for thepurpose of filing pa ers of various natures.

n the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a case embodying myinvention. parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of acase embodying my invention. F ig, 3 is an enlarged detailed view of thehinge, parts being broken away.

1 represents a filing case having a front section 2 adapted to behinged, as will be hereinafter described.

3 is the top of the case secured thereto by means of the hinge 4, saidtop being provided with a bead 4 secured near its outer front edge.

The front section 2 is secured, to the case by means of my improvedhinge, which comprises two right angle members 5 and 6, the arms 7 and 8of which are secured by means of a pintle 9. It will be seen that thesearms 7 and 8 are positioned between the adjacent faces of the frontsection 2 and the front of the case, While the arm 5 is secured to thefront ofthe case by means of suitable bolts, rivets or screws 10 and thearm 6 secured to the front section by means of bolts, rivets or screws11. The arm 6 is prc vided with a filing pin 12, which extends at rightangles thereto within the case, as is clearly sh own in Fig. 2, the ,endof said pin being provided with a socket to be hereinafter ref-erred to.

13 is a filing pin secured to the back of the case by means of the nuts14 and 15. The rear end of the pin 13 is provided with screw threads, onwhich the nuts 14 and 15 are knotted, whereby the position of the pin 13with reference to the pin 12 may be ad usted and the pin locked in itsadjusted position.

This pin 13 is provided with a pointed end adapted to enter the socketor recess in the end of the in 12 when the case is closed Inasmuc as thefront section 2 is somewhat in the nature of a cover, I shall, in theltracings of any character are placed upon the pins 13 and la. els arepasted upon the upper edge of the map, to indicate-the nature orcharacter of the map, drawing, or tracing, and while the case is closed,the map, tracing, or drawing cannot be dislodged from the pin 13', lyreason of the engagement of the pin 12 with said pin 13. In the eventthat a certain map, tracing, etc., in the case is desired, the top 3 isthrown open and the particular map, tracing, etc., is selected by meansof the tag attached to the upper edge thereof. maps, tracings, etc.,tetween the selected. .one and the front of the case are slid along thepin 13 and lodged upon the pins 12, whereupon the front portion 2 isswung down 12 from the pins 13, whereupon the selected map, tracing,etc., may l;e removed from the pins 13. The maps, tracings, etc., are,preferably, suspended from the pins to obviate folding or rolling.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In a filing case the combination an upright case having a top, of afront cover, and a combined hinge and filing pin connecting the frontcover with the case, and a filing pin connected to the case constructedto coact with the filing pin on said cover.

2. The coml ination with the filing case, .of a top hinged thereon, afront cover, a hinge comprising two right angle members connecting said.cover to the case and a filing pin integral with one of said members.

3. The combination with a filing case having a hingedtop, of a frontcover, a hinge between said cover and the case comprising two rightangle members, a pointed filing pin integral with one of said membersand a filing pin secured to the case and provided with a socket in oneend constructed to receive the point of the other pin.

4. In a filing case, the combination with an upright case having a tophinged thereto; of a front cover adapted to he held in closed positionby said top when closed; a plurality of pointed filing ins rigidlysecured to said case; and a plura ityo'f filing pins rigidly secured tothe front cover, said pins being provided on one end with integralextensions adapted to serve as hinges for said cover, and on their otherends with sockets adapted io abut against and cover the pointed ends ofthe former filing pins.

upon its hinge, thereby disengaging the pins,

with

After the selection is made, all

5. The combination with afiling case proto form continuous filing rodsof uniform 10 videcl with an outwardly swinging vertical cross sectionfrom one face to the other of front cover, of a filing device withinsaid case, said filing case.

,said filing device comprising a, plurality of The foregoingspecification signed at Bis- 5 pointed filin rods rigidly attached. tothe bee, Arizona, this 13th day of May, 1907.

case, and a p urality of socket bearing filing EMIL G. MINDER. rodsrigidly attached to the front cover, In presence of two witnesses: s islpoints and sockets being adapted when A. W. ENGELDER,

e case is closed to meet in such manner as O. P. ENGELDER.

